Students look at the various locations along the French coastline and determine which would be the best to attack. They then find out they are to attack Dieppe and have to plan an attack given specific information. This is to compare to the real attack and how insufficient the plans were and the troops were lead on an impossible mission.

1. World War Two
Invading France

2. Exercise
In partners, view the following ten pictures
carefully.
• For each picture, state whether or not the
location would be a good place to attack
the enemy (from the sea).
• In a point, explain why this is a good/not
good location for an attack on the enemy.
• After you have completed the above,
choose the 2 best and 2 worst locations

3. 1

4. 2

5. 3

6. 4

7. 5

8. 6

9. 7

10. 8

11. 9

12. 10

13. The Decision?
• Beaches 1, 6 & 9 reflect what Dieppe was
truly like
• There were 3 main sections:
– Most of the beaches had 100 ft high cliffs
– All had rocky beaches
– The city was very well defended

14. Next
• Look at the following pictures of Dieppe
and with your partner come up with a
strategy on how to attack
• Things to think about are:
– Time of day
– Type of military involved (Navy, Army, Air
Force, etc)
– Strategy
– Technology available

16. Puys

17. Puys

18. Puys

19. Dieppe

20. Dieppe

21. Dieppe

22. Dieppe

23. Pourville

24. Dieppe Plan
Objectives: 1) Test German Defenses
2) Take out Radar Station

25. What Actually Happened?
• Watch Dieppe: Turning Points and answer
the following points:
– Reasons for the raid on Dieppe:
– What happened at Dieppe:
– Reasons for its failure:
– Lessons learned from Dieppe:
– Importance of Dieppe to Canadians: